Leather-gage



L. W. BEEOHER.

LEATHER GAGE.

No. 8,917. Patented May 4, 1852.

LEWIS W. BEECHER, OF AVON, NEW YORK.

LEATHER-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,917, dated May 4, 1852.

To all whom it may concern.

Be itknown that I, LEWIS W. Bnnonnn, of the town of Avon, in the countyof Livingston and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Raising and Lowering a Roller and Bringing it in Contactwith a Knife for the Purpose of Shaving and Gaging Leather for theManufacturing of Harness, Saddles, Boots, Shoes, and Bookbinding; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View; Fig. 2 a centraltransverse section.

. Letter A is the knife that rests upon the top of the machine, havingtwo long square holes through it, one at each end, through which screwsare inserted into the frame which confines the knife and keeps it in itsproper place when used.

Letters B. B. are two set 'screwsthatare inserted through a part of theframe at the top and back of the knife for the purpose of keeping theknife in a proper position for shaving different kinds of leather. W hena hard thick piece of leather is to be shaved,

such as sole leather, then the edge of the knife is to be put back fromthe center of the roller one half of a sixteenth of an inch, but whensoft springy leather or shoe binding to be out then the edge of theknife to be placed directly over the center of the roller. Letter C. aroller that lies in a movable frame under the knife upon which theleather moves when drawn through.

Letters D. D. is a movable frame running in grooves one at each end.This movable frame contains the roller and has two reversed wedges uponthe under side.

Letter E. is an inclined plane which lies under the movable frame,through which is inserted a screw in the center into the bottom of theprincipal frame, on which it turns. This has two reversed wedges, oneupon each end, which lie under and upon which the two wedges upon themovable frame rest, these wedges lying transversely upon each other, sothat when it is turned by use of a thumb piece which is upon the lefthand side of it causes the frame that contains the roller to move up anddown, and the leather put in between the roller and knife and the rollerraised presses the leather against the edge of the knife, and beingdrawn through by the hand. doth shave and gage it to an eXact thickness.

Letters F. F. are the outside frame, which is screwed to a board, andthe whole is screwed down to the work bench or any secure place for use.

This machine is made .of cast-iron except the roller and knife, and of asize large enough to shave leather from the narrow strap to two feetwide to a perfect thickness.

forth.

LEWIS W. BEECHER. Witnesses:

JOHN T. HALL, F. M. CUTTER.

